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Daily Mirror
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Rebecca Cook

Bake Off star in tears as he makes hilarious blunder amid fan predictions he'll win series

The Great British Bake Off returned with a fresh batch of amateur bakers put to the test in cake week, but fans think star baker Janusz could already be the Channel 4 favourite.

The opening episode of the Channel 4 show on Tuesday night saw the 12 contestants tasked with baking 12 signature mini sandwich cakes, a classic red velvet technical and a home-inspired showstopper.

Janusz from Brighton, 34, was the first to be awarded the coveted star baker title after impressing judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith with his Polish-inspired mini cakes and his extravagantly decorated showstopper of his mother’s flat.

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